Enable Wayland on TX2 with Jetpack 4.2

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson TX2
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I’m trying to enable Wayland on the TX2 I’ve updated with Jetpack 4.2. If I comment out “WaylandEnable=false” in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf when I boot the TX2 is stuck at the end of the systemd startup output switching back and forth from a black screen every 1-2 seconds. Is there a way to boot with Wayland enabled?

2

bmanyu,

Let me check it on my side.

3

Hi bmanyu,

Sorry for late reply. We are still discussing this issue with our internal team.

4

Any update?

Thanks.

5

bmanyu,

Turns out this is still under test phase. Our team is working on it internally.

6

Please add this part to your device tree.

tegra_udrm: tegra_udrm {
		compatible = "nvidia,tegra-udrm";
	};
7

That did not work. I still was stuck at the end of the systemd startup output switching back and forth from a black screen every 1-2 seconds.

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Hi bmanyu,

List enable Wayland steps for you reference:

  1. Update mutter:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libmutter-2-0 mutter
  1. Enable Ubuntu Wayland Desktop:
(a) In /etc/gdm3/custom.conf set "WaylandEnable=true" (by default it'll be false)
(b) In /etc/modprobe.d/tegra-udrm.conf uncomment the line "#options tegra-udrm modeset=1"  (Remove # from the start of the line).
  1. Update below two file:
(a) In /etc/systemd/nv.sh change DISABLE_MESA_EGL="1" to DISABLE_MESA_EGL="0". 
(b) In /etc/systemd/system/nvargus-daemon.service replace "ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nvargus-daemon" with "; ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nvargus-daemon" ( Put ";" at the start of the line)
  1. Reboot device.
9

carolyuu,

That works. Thanks. Comments in one of the modified files confirm what WayneWWW said, that testing/development is still being done to support Wayland. Have you had any negative side effects from running this way?

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tegra_udrm: tegra_udrm {
compatible = “nvidia,tegra-udrm”;
};

questions

  1. which file should I edit?
  2. how to build dts → dtb in your build system?
  3. how to flash only dtb in TX2

Can you answer the questions above?

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Hi,

You could know which dts file you are using by typing “dmesg |grep dts” on tegra and it would show the dts name.

As for question 2,3 please refer to L4T documentation on download center.There is a section for kernel customization. You’ll also need to download the kernel source code from download center.

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Thanks. It works!!

then I have questions.

In the Above Answer.
I found that (2) was not necessary.

2. Enable Ubuntu Wayland Desktop:
(a) In /etc/gdm3/custom.conf set "WaylandEnable=true" (by default it'll be false)
(b) In /etc/modprobe.d/tegra-udrm.conf uncomment the line "#options tegra-udrm modeset=1"  (Remove # from the start of the line).

What is the purpose of the codes works?